5-year-old shot in the eye inside Detroit house
A 5-year-old boy was shot in the eye in the 20000 block of Irvington Tuesday.
Police say the child is alive and when he left the scene in an ambulance, he was alert. The boy, who may lose his eye, is in surgery and in critical condition.
Two of the four shots went through the front window of the house on Detroit’s east side.
The child was on the couch playing video games at the time. The mother was inside another room and a second child was inside at the time.
Relatives rushed to the scene when they learned what happened and retrieved another child who was inside at the time of the shooting, but was unharmed.
“Right now we are trying to determine if the house was a target or if it was random,” said Assistant Police Chief James White. “There is a lot of information and right now we don’t know.”
“That could have been my children that could have been anything, I don’t know what happened,” said Kim Burgess, a friend of the family.
Inside their homes neighbors didn’t hear much and learned what happened after they saw the police and ambulance responding to the scene.
They say they are saddened, but not shocked, living in an east side neighborhood surrounded by abandoned homes and no stranger to crime.
“Too many children are getting shot in this city,” Burgess said. “Too many guns, too much going on here.”
Detroit police: Girl, 14, shoots self while playing with gun, dies
A 14-year-old Detroit girl was shot and killed Tuesday while playing with a gun at her east side Detroit home.
Police said four children — a 14-year-old, a teenage boy and two younger children between the ages of 5 and 7 — were home alone without adult supervision.
“There was a gun in the house,” said Assistant Police Chief James White. “The gun was not secure and the details are sketchy from that point, but it does look like one of the children was playing with the weapon and it discharged, striking her fatally.”
Police took the teenage boy and younger children in to be questioned. At this point it appears to be accidental.
This is the second time in less than a month that a Detroit child has been killed while playing with an unsecured gun.
“It’s what we’ve said all too many times — If you’ve got a weapon in the house, you must secure the weapons,” White said. “The police department gives out free gun locks and safes. There is just no excuse to have an unsecured weapon in your home.”
Police searching for missing Detroit teen
Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen around 2 a.m. Monday.
Aushina Kelley was last seen by her brother in the 18400 block of Kentfield.
Kelley is described as having a dark complexion and black hair and brown eyes. She is 4 foot 5 inches tall and weighs 109 pounds.
Kelley was last seen wearing a black sweater, navy blue True Religion jeans and Timberland boots.
Anyone with any information on Kelley’s whereabouts is asked to contact Detroit police at 313-596-5840.
Mayor Duggan kicks off summer youth jobs program
Mayor Mike Duggan and other corporate leaders are calling for local business owners to step up and join the Grow Detroit’s Young Talent Program.
The program will offer at least 5,000 jobs to local youth aged 14-24. The six week program is designed to provide work readiness and training to young Detroiters.
“There’s so many times that summer jobs lead to future opportunities, and I just couldn’t be more pleased with the business community’s response today,” says Mike Duggan.
There are three ways for a business to get involved:
1. Become an employee partner – and offer a 6 week work experience (up to 20 hours per week) at your workplace through at 50/50 match of $1,000. GDYT will manage student recruitment, payroll, work readiness training and employer support services.
2. Sponsor a full work experience – through a $2,000 Pledge to GDYT. GDYT will manage everything else, as mentioned above.
3. Contribute to GDYT by directly hiring a City of Detroit youth. GDYT provides the option of helping you recruit and screen summer hires and offers employment support services, free of charge.
The kids are recruited through schools and community organizations, based on their interest and abilities.
For more information visit http://www.gdyt.org.
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